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Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.
—Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Contributor, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.
—Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Contributor, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Cloister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloister. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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